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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Farries "Mickey" Henry Morrison, Jr. of
4Springfield, who passed away on January 5, 2011; and
 
5    WHEREAS, He was born on March 24, 1941, in Springfield, the
6eldest child of Reverend Farries H. Sr. and Mother Margaret
7Iola Morrison; he graduated from Springfield Feitshans High
8School in 1959; he earned a basketball scholarship to Western
9Illinois University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in
10English and Journalism; he earned a Master of Arts in Education
11Administration from the University of Illinois in
12Urbana-Champaign, and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from
13Southern Illinois University in Carbondale; and
 
14    WHEREAS, He worked for Springfield School District 186 for
1538 years and retired from the District in 2000, after serving
16for 23 years as the assistant principal at Springfield High
17School; and
 
18    WHEREAS, He was an ordained elder in the Church of God in
19Christ, serving as assistant pastor and later as pastor of
20Prayer Wheel Church of God in Christ; he also served as pastor
21of Bethel Church of God in Christ in Bermuda; he remained a
22lifetime member of Prayer Wheel Church of God in Christ,

 

 

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1currently pastored by his nephew, Reverend Juan L. Morrison,
2Jr., and was a member of Emmanuel Temple Church of God in
3Christ, pastored by his brother, Reverend Juan L. Morrison,
4Sr., Ph.D.; and
 
5    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents and his
6sister, Margaret Ann Morrison; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Farries "Mickey" Henry Morrison, Jr. leaves
8behind his devoted wife of nearly 20 years, Betty Joe (Owens);
9his brother, Reverend Juan L. Morrison, Sr., Ph.D.
10(Clementine); his children, Lisa L. McClanahan (Hertis),
11Farries H. Morrison, III (Nancy), Yvette A. Morrison (Steven
12Williams), Michelle R. Casey (Ezra), Harold Hughes-Osby,
13Michael J. Morrison (Stephanie), Margaret M. Morrison, Mia A.
14Morrison, and Morrio Morrison (Natasha); his 18 grandchildren;
15his past wives, Carolyn Toney (Risby) and Reba Morrison
16(Reese); his step-children, Rodney D. Blackmon, Lytra R.
17Wilson, Shawn A. Blackmon (Shana), Kimberly Blackmon-Kouakeu,
18and Edgar Blackmon (Melanie); and his 15 step-grandchildren;
19therefore, be it
 
20    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
21ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
22his friends and family, the passing of Farries "Mickey" Henry
23Morrison, Jr.; and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to the family of Farries "Mickey" Henry Morrison, Jr.
3as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.